What do we do with these kids?\u00a0 They are high maintenance, operate in a different model, and often leave our organizations before we get much value out of them.\u00a0 I myself exited college in a rather severe economic downturn.\u00a0 Waiting 5 months before I scored a commission only job, there really wasn\u2019t much around for me.\u00a0 The most talented graduates (usually by GPA, thus not me) could get offers from the investment banks or consulting firms, but these were rare and highly prized.\u00a0 Now, it\u2019s not uncommon for a decent but not great student to get multiple offers about $60K and have a choice of where to go.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mind this, but the current job market combined with several other factors is making this a rather unbearable generation to manage for the short term.<\/p>\n
Each and every talented Gen Yer out there knows that they can leave a job at any time and get another one.\u00a0 Commitments to an employer are extraordinarily low, and the common practices of professional services firms where you come in as a new grad and do \u201cgrunt work\u201d while learning the trade bores most people in their 20\u2019s.\u00a0 They are used to a much faster pace of growth and learning than this.<\/p>\n
They are used to their helicopter parents who are constantly hovering and whisking them from soccer to piano to ballet.\u00a0 They are used to being involved in many activities, learning quickly and being in collaborative settings.\u00a0 In our old model work worlds, we simply don\u2019t work this way yet.\u00a0 We give new people a mundane job and expect them to attack it with vigor, happy for the opportunity to learn.\u00a0 That\u2019s not the way it is.<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t understand how Gen Y employees often need constant gratification and instantaneous positive feedback.\u00a0 They live in an instantaneous world.\u00a0 Forget about voice mail and e-mail.\u00a0 This is too slow.\u00a0 They want IM.\u00a0 Everything happens real time and when they want\/need it.<\/p>\n
Here is the message.\u00a0 It is not Gen Y that needs to change.\u00a0 It is the rest of us.<\/p>\n
Business is real time.\u00a0 Business is collaborative.\u00a0 Business needs to involve talent when they are ready, not on our timeline.\u00a0 Business requires agility.<\/p>\n
So my question to all of you.\u00a0 What do we do, not with these \u201ckids\u201d but with the transformation of our selves?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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